Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to things. The baby-boomers as political leaders are still on trial by the American people.

We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened.

They wrong opportunity who say she knocks but once

That's the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one thing, it doesn't work, you try another.

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language.

The sea change that has come is the information age. We don't have to just read The New York Times anymore. We can pull up something on the Internet and get any news that we like.

Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again.